Wandering Spirit: African Wax Prints

July 12 - October 5, 2019 | Monday – Thursday: 10 A.M. - 6 P.M. | Friday: 10 A.M. - 5 P.M. | Saturday: 10 A.M. - 2 P.M.

Free and open to the public

Wandering Spirit: African Wax Prints is a tribute to the century-old handmade designs and patterns on textiles that originated in Indonesia and were copied and industrialized by Europeans and exported to Africa.

The exhibit traces the developmental pathway of the African wax print and tells how these fabrics reflect the stories, dreams, and personalities of the people who wear them.

Fear and Folly: The Visionary Prints of
Francisco Goya and Federico Castellon

October 11 – December 13, 2019 | Monday – Thursday: 10 A.M. - 6 P.M. | Friday: 10 A.M. - 5 P.M. | Saturday: 10 A.M. - 2 P.M.

 October 11, 6-8 p.m.
Opening Reception

6:30 p.m.
Neal Harrington, Professor of Art, Arkansas Tech University
Speaker

Music by Timothy Allen, Keyboard

Free and open to the public

Francisco Goya, A Way to Fly, ca. 1812-1820, etching and aquatint.
Collection of the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Director’s Fund Purchase.

Federico Castellon, Stop Him and Strip Him I Say, 1968, lithograph.
Collection of the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Director’s Fund Purchase. Courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery LLC, New York, NY

Though separated by about 150 years, Francisco Goya (1746-1828) and Federico Castellon (1914-1971) often appear closer to one another than to their contemporaries, as they both turned their attention to the human condition. In this exhibition, the artists are represented by important print series from the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts’ permanent collection: Castellon's lithographs for Edgar Allen Poe's The Masque of the Red Death and Goya's etchings from Los Disparates (or The Proverbs).